attack (v)
assail#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 33
def launch an attack or assault on
def begin hostilities or start warfare with
examples Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II
Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Verb Group attack, aggress
Hypernym contend, fight, struggle
Derivationally related form assail → assailable
Derivationally related form assail → assailant
Derivationally related form attack → attack; attack → attacker
Antonym attack → defend
Hyponym submarine; pepper, pelt; strike, hit; counterattack, counterstrike; gas; storm, surprise; blitz; invade, occupy; besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent; bombard, bomb; strafe; cannonade; torpedo; raid, bust
Incoming links
Derivationally related form assailable → assail
Derivationally related form attack → attack; attacker → attack
Derivationally related form assailant → assail
Hyponym contend, fight, struggle
Verb Group attack, aggress
Hypernym submarine; pepper, pelt; strike, hit; counterattack, counterstrike; gas; storm, surprise; blitz; invade, occupy; besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent; bombard, bomb; strafe; cannonade; torpedo; raid, bust
Antonym defend → attack

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